Chapter
1: Masquerade
James Gordon laughed at his daughter when she told him
she wanted to be a detective. Despite her obvious skill,
Barbara's small size depicted her as a joke to her jujitsu
instructor and the FBI agent that interviewed her. Using
her father's access codes, she broke into the JSA headquarters
and left a note for her idol, Black Canary. Back home, she
did some computer hacking to cover her tracks.
Chapter
2: Future Tense
The letter Barbara left for Black Canary was answered
by Wildcat. He met her and turned her away. Her father
worried that she didn't have enough of a social life and
invited her to a costume party to benefit a police charity.
She created her own Batman outfit to wear as a stab at
her dad, who had been accused of associating with an urban
legend. At the party, a man in a mask calling himself
Killer Moth attempted to kidnap Bruce Wayne. Barbara -
rather "Batgirl" - got Wayne out of harm's way
and chased Killer Moth. Bruce suited up and joined his
ward, Dick Grayson - Robin as Killer Moth eluded Batgirl.
Chapter
3: Afterglow
Batman and Robin caught up with Barbara. Robin rushed
at her, but she skillfully evaded him. Killer Moth's fired
upon them from his helicopter. She used the distraction
to make her escape from the Dynamic Duo. She made it back
home ahead of her father, who never knew she even attended
the party. Killer Moth offered his services to "Tough"
Tony Bressi's gang. They promptly tossed him to the curb.
Batman and Robin met with Gordon - Batman assured him
the girl wasn't part of their team. Batgirl made her second
appearance by breaking up a robbery at a convenience store.
Batman and Robin watched her from a rooftop.
Chapter
4: Cave Dwellers
As Batgirl swooped down from a rooftop, a batarang
clipped her rope. Batman and Robin caught her, explaining
that her rope would have cut her fingers off and left
her a street pizza. She woke up in the Cave. Batman left
her with Robin as he secretly watched from the manor above.
Robin put her in a shooting range / gauntlet situation
in their training area. She survived, but failed the test
due to using deadly force. She awakened (out of costume)
at her home. A packaged arrived for her - Robin sent her
an assortment of rope, smoke pellets, and batarangs.
Chapter
5: Moth to a Flame
Killer Moth, still hell-bent on starting a protection
racket, gathered some men and took them to his hideout.
They walked out on him when they arrived - his place had
been seized by the government for delinquent taxes. Nearby,
at a movie set, a pyrotechnics "accident" under
supervision of Garfield Lynns left the lead actress with
burns on 80% of her body. Lynns was fired. He blew up
the director's car and joined forces with Killer Moth
as Firefly. They attacked Tony Bressi's strip club.
Chapter
6: Birds of Prey
Robin gave Batgirl a motorcycle. Bressi planned on
getting Captain Gordon (who was making a name for himself
by ratting out "made" cops) plus Killer Moth
and Firefly. Batgirl heard over a police scanner that
her father had been taken hostage by the bugs; Officer
Jason Bard was injured in the attack. Black Canary arrived
at the scene and teamed up with Batgirl thinking she was
in with Batman and Robin. Firefly and Killer Moth arrived
at Bressi's house with Gordon slightly before the real
Killer Moth and Firefly arrived with Batgirl and Black
Canary in check.
Chapter
7: Hearts Afire
The real Firefly began torching Bressi's place trying
to get the imposters. As he and his partner attacked the
fakers, Black Canary and Batgirl got Captain Gordon to
safety. With Batman out of the country, Robin answered
the signal. Gordon warned him to have Batgirl shut down.
Barbara was visiting Officer Bard in the hospital when
her father arrived. She slipped out and in to costume.
Robin helped her out with a purse-snatcher and gave her
a new motorcycle (she had to self-destruct hers after
wrecking it chasing Firefly and Killer Moth). They answered
the Batsignal.
Chapter
8: Seasoned Crime-Fighter
Robin took down Condiment King en route to their real
target - a hostage situation on a subway train. On the
way, he kissed Batgirl when she wasn't expecting it. They
went after Mark Desmond - Blockbuster. Batgirl, refusing
to take orders from the Boy Wonder was overmatched by
Blockbuster atop the train. She was saved when he was
knocked unconscious by a rail hitting him. When the train
stopped, Desmond was taken in by the police, already tied
up; Batgirl and Robin were nowhere in sight. Barbara returned
home, her dad was called in to work headquarters - Firefly
had torched it.
Chapter
9: Ashes and Blood
Batgirl attached herself to Killer Moth's helicopter
as he and Firefly tried to escape from the fire. In flight,
she affixed the copter to a structure using the ropes
Robin had given her. As they crashed, Batgirl dropped
and landed safely in a swimming pool. Batman and Robin
took in Firefly and Killer Moth. Barbara found a note
the next day from Batman - she met him that night and
he took her to the cave. She passed his tests and sore
an oath to Bruce (unmasked). Batman met Gordon on the
rooftop of Police Headquarters, which was in the midst
of being repaired from the fire damage. He introduced
(a fake) Batgirl to Gordon as Barbara wandered up - much
to the surprise of her father.
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